TABLE T20


JOURNEY TO WORK SITE
IN SHERMAN, CT

Statewide details for 2000

SHERMAN STATISTICS WITHIN REGIONAL OVERVIEW

To Sherman Work
From Residence In:		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Sherman 372 249 171 53.4 60.7 72.8
New Milford 90 63 58 12.9 15.4 24.7
Stamford 50 10 0 7.2 2.4 N/A
N.Y. State 45 20 0 6.5 4.9 N/A
Danbury 24 0 0 3.4 N/A N/A
New Fairfield 19 8 0 2.7 2.0 N/A
To Sherman Work
From Residence In:		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Waterbury 13 0 0 1.9 N/A N/A
Bridgeport 11 0 0 1.6 N/A N/A
Warren 11 2 0 1.6 N/A N/A
Bridgewater 9 0 0 1.3 N/A N/A
All Other 52 58 6 7.5 14.1 2.6
Total 696 410 235 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%


FROM RESIDENCE BY REGION
TO WORK IN SHERMAN, CT

To Sherman Work
From Residence In:		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Housatonic, CT 526 327 229 75.6 79.8 97.4
Southwestern, CT 50 10 0 7.2 2.4 N/A
N.Y. State 45 20 0 6.5 4.9 N/A
Gr. Bridgeport, CT 19 7 0 2.7 1.7 N/A
Gr. Waterbury, CT 13 19 0 1.9 4.6 N/A
Other 43 27 6 6.2 8.3 2.6
Total 696 410 235 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Source: Census Bureau. Work at home included in data.
WHERE WORK SITES IN SHERMAN, CT DRAW THEIR EMPLOYEES FROM:
From Within Sherman Itself: The statistical chances of a Sherman resident filling any particular job opening in Sherman were 69% in 1970, up to 73% in 1980, down to 61% in 1990 and 53% in 2000.

Workers Into Sherman From Nearby Municipalities: In 2000 the major geographic sources of labor to fill jobs in Sherman were as follows: from Sherman itself (372 or 54%), from New Milford to the east (90 or 13%), Stamford (50), adjacent New York State (45), Danbury (24), and New Fairfield (19). Workers from just these six locations filled 86% of all jobs in Sherman in 2000. Between 1990 and 2000 the local Sherman economy became less dependent upon Sherman and New Milford residents to fill jobs.